Lady&#39;s hand luggage



March 13, 1934. w Y 1,950,584

LADYS HAND LUGGAGE Filed Jan. 28. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR GammaHenry W/vsary ATTORNEY March 13, 1934. V EARY 1,950,584

LADYS HAND LUGGAGE Filed Jan. 28. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /N VE N TOREEUFgE Hanry Wheary A T TORNEV Patented Mar. 13, 1934 UNITED STATESLADYS HAND LUGGAGE George Henry Wheary,

Racine, Wis., assignor to The Wheary Trunk Company, Racine, Wis., 21.company of Wisconsin Application January 28, 1931, Serial No. 511,703

Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ladyshand luggage, and has as an object to provide a ladys hand case in whichgarments, and particularly dresses, of

any length may be carried without wrinkling and without necessitatingthe alteration in any respect of the over-all size of the case.

A more specific object of this invention resides in the provision of animproved case having a garment carrying frame similar to thatillustrated in the copending application of George Henry Wheary andBenjamin M. Hamlin, Serial No. 357,088, filed April 22, 1929, Patent No.1,799,877 and provided with an intermediate transverse member or rodlocated at a point medially of the ends of the frame, and over whichgarments may be draped to extend over the outer end of the frame withthe ends extended into a well in the case, to thus accommodate dressesof a length greater than twice the distance from the outer end of thegarment carrying frame to the bottom of the well when the frame is in asubstantially vertical position.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of thehereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of theclaims.

In the accompany drawings, I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladys hand case or luggage embodyingmy invention, said view illustrating the case in open position;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of one side armof the garment carrying frame illustrating the attaching means for theintermediate rod members;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one end. of an intermediate rodmember; and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken through Figure 1 on theplane of the line 4l.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike numerals designate like parts, the numeral 5 represents the mainsection of a luggage carrier of the case type having a cover 6 hingedlyconnected thereto along one marginal edge, as at 7. The case is providedwith the conventional handle 8 and locking means 9.

The main section of the case preferably has a partition 10 which isremovably mounted therein parallel with its rear wall or panel 11, butspaced therefrom to provide a Well 12 for the reception of the dependingends of garments 13 within the case.

The garments 13 are conveniently supported on a garment carrying frame14 consisting of a substantially U shaped member comprising side arms 15connected at their outer ends by a transverse bar or rod 16 and havingtheir inner end portions 17 directed inwardly and upwardly at an anglewith respect to the plane of the frame proper, when in a horizontalposition over the main section. The end portions 17 of the garmentcarrying frame are pivotally connected, as at 18, with attaching members19, the upper ends 20, of which are likewise angularly directed. Thelower ends of the attaching memhere are removably secured to the sidewalls of the main section, and in this manner the garment carrying frameis pivotally mounted and may be swung to a position as illustrated inFigure 4, for the purposes of packing and to a position over the mainsection as depicted in dotted lines in Figure 4, in which position thegarment carrying frame and the garments thereon form an internal coverfor the case.

In the 'copending application above referred to, the garments aredraped, at a medial point, over the end member 16 of the garmentcarrying frame with their ends at opposite sides of the frame to extendinto the well 12. A number of garments may be similarly carried on theframe, one being placed above the other, andwhile this method of packingis satisfactory, where the total length of the garments is not greaterthan twice the distance from the transverse member 16 to the bottom ofthe well 12 when the frame is in a vertical position, the exceptionallylong dresses decreed by modern fashion cannot be accommodated in thismanner without increasing the dimensions of the case or crumpling theends of the garments.

This invention therefore contemplates the provision of simple buteffective means whereby longer garments may be readily accommodatedwithout in any wise changing the size of the case or the garmentcarrying frame and Without wrinkling. To this end, one or more pairs ofaligned keeper members 21 are secured to the side members 15 of thegarment carrying frame, the keeper members projecting rearwardly fromthe side members, when the garment carrying frame is in a verticalposition, and having approximately J shaped slots or openings 22 thereinfor the reception of trunnions 23 on the ends of transverse garmentcarrying rods 24.

One or more garment carrying rods may be provided and in the presentinstance, three pairs of keeper members and three transverse rods 24,are shown. As will be apparent from the description to follow, thenearer the transverse rod member 24 is to the pivotal mounting of thegarment carrying frame, the greater will be the length of garment it ispossible to accommodate, thus by providing rods at various intermediatepoints, the available space may be utilized to the best advantage.

In use, the garment is medially folded over a rod 24 to divide itslength substantially in two and then draped over the end member 16 ofthe garment carrying frame with the rod member 24 engaged at its endswith one pair of keepers in the manner illustrated. Transverse bars 25,but one being shown, are provided to support the garments as the frameis swung to its horizontal position over the main section.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to'which an invention of this character appertains that I provide a noveland practical means for accommodating dresses of extreme lengths withoutin any wise necessitating an increase in the size of the case and itsappurtenances, as the effective hanging length, which heretoforeextended only from the outer bar 16 of the garment supporting frame tothe bottom of the well, is increased by the distance from the bar 16 tothe rod or rods 24.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a case type luggage carrier including a main section member and acover section member hingedly connected along one marginal edge, asubstantially U shaped garment carrying frame comprising side arms of alength to extend from the hinged connection of the sections to theopposite walls thereof and an outer transverse bar connecting the sidearms and over which garments may be draped, means hingedly mounting thegarment carrying frame at the free ends of its side arms in one of saidsection members for movement about an axis substantially parallel withthat of the hinge connection between the section members, whereby saidframe is movable into alignment with either section when the case isopen and to a position over the main section, an intermediate transversebar readily removably mounted on the garment carrying frame side arms ata medial point and about which garments may be folded prior to beingdraped over the outer transverse bar of said garment carrying frame sothat garmentsdraped over said bars hang on opposite sides of the framewith their ends extending into the main section member, and means formaintaining the garments substantially in the plane of thegarment/carrying frame when said frame is in a position over the mainsection member.

2. A garment carrying case having hingedly connected main section andcover members, a garment carrying frame substantially co-extensive withthe open sides of the hingedly connected members and including sidemembers and an end transverse bar connecting the outer end portions ofthe side members and over which garments may be draped to hang onopposite sides of the frame, said side members and outer transverse barlying in substantially a common plane, means adjacent the hingedconnection between said member for movably mounting the garment carryingframe for movement to and from an approximately right angular positionwith respect to the main section member and an approximately horizontalposition over the main section member, and a transverse member readilydetachably mounted on the side members of the garment carrying frame ata medial point and about which garments are adapted to be folded priorto being draped over the frame outer bar.

3. in a case type luggage including a main section having a coverhingedly connected to one marginal edge thereof, a garment carryingframe substantially co-extensive with the open sides of the main sectionand cover and comprising side arms having their outer ends connected bya transverse member over which garments may be draped, said side armsand transverse member lying in substantially a common plane, meanspivotally connected with the inner ends of the side arms and mountingthe garment carrying frame for swinging movement about an axis adjacentto and substantially parallel with the axis of the hinged connection ofthe main section and cover, keeper members carried by the side arms atpoints spaced from the transverse member connecting their outer ends,and a transverse bar adapted to have garments draped thereover andreadily detachably con nected with said keeper members, said transversebar lying substantially in the plane of the frame so that garmentsfolded thereover and draped over the transverse member connecting theouter ends of the side arms will extend along one side of the frame andhang down into the main section.

4. In a case type luggage including a main section having a coverhingedly connected to one marginal edge thereof, a substantially Ushaped garment carrying frame comprising side arms of 120 a lengthsubstantially equal to the distance from the hinged connection of themain section and cover to the opposite walls thereof and having .theirouter ends connected by a transverse member over which garments may bedraped, means pivotally connected with the inner ends of the side armsand mounting the garment carrying frame for swinging movement about anaxis adjacent to and substantially parallel with the axis of the hingedconnection of the section and.

cover, a plurality of keeper members carried by each side arm in spacedrelation to each other and to the transverse member connecting the outerends of the side arms, transverse garment receiving bars, and means atthe outer ends of said bars for readily detachably connecting the barswith the keeper members, said bars lying in substantially the plane ofthe frame so that garments draped thereover extend outwardly along oneside of the frame to be draped over the transverse member at the outerend thereof and then extend along the other side of the frame and intothe main section.

5. In a case type luggage carrier comprising a main section having acover hingedly connected thereto, a substantially U shaped garmentcarrying frame comprising side arms of a length substantially equal tothe distance from the hinged connection of the main section and cover tothe opposite walls thereof and a transverse bar connecting the outerends of the side arms,

said side arms and transverse bar lying in substantially a common plane,means connected with the inner ends of the side arms for hinged- 1ymounting the frame for swinging movement about an axis adjacent andparallel to the hinged connection of the main section and cover, saidaxis about which the frame swings being so located that the frame in itsnormal position occupies the plane of the open top of the main section,a keeper member carried by each side arm at a point intermediate thetransverse bar connecting the outer ends of the side arms and the hingedmounting of the frame, and a transverse

